Covenant Group

Tomorrow I leave with our whole family for Montreat, NC for our annual Covenant Group Retreat.  In my last semester of seminary, we entered into a covenant with about a dozen other Duke Divinity students.  This covenant is geared to helping us keep focused on doing the kind of ministry we felt passionate about upon leaving seminary.  It's about maintaining vocational holiness, working toward interracial justice and deepening those relationships, and about faithful stewardship of our resources.  It's also about the relationships between us.  We have a good time together, but it's also an encouraging time to be with other people who share the same kinds of vision for ministry and the kingdom of God.  As our kids get older, I don't know what the future holds for our annual gatherings, but while they are lasting, it's something we look forward to.